Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer

Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	John Schultz[1]
Produced by	Sara Siegel-Magness; Gary Magness; Bobbi Sue Luther
Written by	Megan McDonald; Kathy Waugh
Based on	Judy Moody; by Megan McDonald
Starring	Heather Graham; Parris Mosteller; Preston Bailey; Garrett Ryan; Taylar Hender; Jaleel White; Jordana Beatty
Music by	Richard Gibbs
Cinematography	Shawn Maurer
Edited by	John Pace III
Production; company	Smokewood Entertainment
Distributed by	Relativity Media
Release date	June 4, 2011 (Hollywood premiere); June 10, 2011;
Running time	93 minutes [2]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$20 million[1][3]
Box office	$17 million[4]

Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer is a 2011 American comedy film based on Megan McDonald's Judy Moody book series released on June 10, 2011 and starring Heather Graham, Preston Bailey, Taylar Hender, Jaleel White, and introducing Jordana Beatty as Judy Moody. Reviews were generally negative, as the film holds a 19% rating from Rotten Tomatoes. It was also a box office bomb, grossing $17 million against a production budget of $20 million.

Plot

Feisty third-grader Judy Moody sets out to have the most thrilling summer of her life. However, her parents (Kristoffer Winters and Janet Varney) must travel to California to assist Judy's grandparents, with Judy and her brother Stink (Parris Mosteller) being supervised by their aunt Opal (Heather Graham). Judy decides to organize a contest with her friends to see who can have the most exciting summer by earning "thrill points". At the start of summer, her friends leave except for Frank (Preston Bailey). Amy is going to Borneo and Rocky is going to Circus Camp. Her friends send her pictures of their summer, so Judy tries to top them, but Frank ruins all her plans by knocking her off a tight rope, vomiting all over her on a roller coaster, and leaving the theater in the middle of a scary movie. After Judy’s ideas go wrong, she decides to stay in her room for the rest of the summer, until she hears the newscast in front of her house. Judy looks out of the window and discovers that Stink is going to be on the news, because of his search for Bigfoot. Judy attempts to be part of the story but the camera crew stop the cameras from filming her.

Judy tries to pair up with Stink in the search for Bigfoot. One day, while Judy and Stink are out, they see Bigfoot walking down the street. They try to chase him, but he jumps inside of an ice cream van. The two end up seeing members of Zeke's Bigfoot search club, and get into the van with them. They continue to chase after Bigfoot but the news van hurries and jumps in front of them. Judy and the others drive around them, and end up finding them in the Fun Zone, an old amusement park. Bigfoot and the ice cream van driver (discovered to be Mr. Todd) get out of the van. They find out that Bigfoot really is Zeke in disguise, and that he was helping Mr. Todd sell ice cream. As a prize for finding Mr. Todd, Judy gets two front row seat tickets for the circus. Judy ends up participating in a circus act with Rocky's family. Aunt Opal is about to leave, but before she leaves, she and Judy go put hats on lions and she gets more thrill points. Judy says that Aunt Opal helped her get the most thrill points. Aunt Opal tells Judy that next year, she is planning on wrapping the whole Eiffel Tower with 10,000 scarves and wants Judy to help her. Judy and Stink receive money for Stink's Bigfoot statue getting touched by the neighborhood.

Cast

Jordana Beatty as Judy Moody, a feisty third-grader who decides to spend the rest of the summer in her bedroom.
Parris Mosteller as James "Stink" Moody, Judy's 6-year-old brother.
Heather Graham as Aunt Opal Moody
Janet Varney as Mrs. Kate Moody
Kristoffer Winters as Mr. Richard Moody
Jaleel White as Mr. Todd
Preston Bailey as Franklin "Frank" Pearl
Taylar Hender as Amy Namey
Bobbi Sue Luther as Young Woman in Movie
Hunter King as Priscilla Granger
Ashley Boettcher as Jessica Finch
Robert Costanzo as Mr. Birnbaum
Sharon Sachs as Mrs. Birnbaum
Garrett Ryan as Rockford "Rocky" Zang
Jackson Odell as Zeke
Cameron Boyce as Hunter
Paul Kvinsland as Himself

Reception

Critical response

The film received a 21% "Rotten" rating on review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 82 reviews, with a weighted average of 4.3/10. The consensus states: "Entertaining for some very young viewers, but for those with normal attention spans, Judy Moody is loud hyperactive overload".[5] Film critic Roger Ebert rated the film two out of four stars, stating that "little kids might find [it] perfectly acceptable" but "[grown-ups] may find themselves looking for stuff to think about while watching this film." However, he said that the film progresses through "with lots of bright colors and jolly music."[6]

Box office

The film debuted on June 10, 2011, earning $6,076,859 its opening weekend. As of August 10, 2011, it has grossed $15,013,650 and grossed an additional $2,016,232 overseas for a worldwide total of $17,029,882. It claimed the No. 7 spot on its opening weekend,[1][7] opening in 2,524 theaters.[1][7]

Awards

Award	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref.
Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress	Jordana Beatty	Nominated	[8]
	Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actor, Age Ten or Under	Preston Bailey	Nominated
	Best Performance in a Feature film - Young Ensemble Cast	Jordana Beatty, Preston Bailey, Parris Mosteller, Garrett Ryan, Ashley Boettcher, Taylar Hender, Cameron Boyce, Jackson Odell	Won

Home media

As Relativity Media has no home entertainment company, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment acquired rights to release the film in home entertainment ports. 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (which is now Relativity's home media partner) distributed the film on DVD and Blu-ray editions, which were released on October 11, 2011.

Junior novelization

The junior novel-tie in book was released on May 24, 2011. This was also the 10th book of the Judy Moody series, written by Megan McDonald and illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds.

References

Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer at Box Office Mojo
"Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Winter". British Board of Film Classification. July 15, 2004. Retrieved August 25, 2004.
Kaufman, Amy (June 9, 2011). "Movie Projector: 'Super 8' faces off against 'X-Men'; both will destroy 'Judy Moody'". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved June 11, 2011.
"Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer (2011)". The Numbers. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
"Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer (2011)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
Ebert, Roger (June 8, 2011). "Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
Germain, Arthur (June 12, 2011). "Box office: Abrams, Spielberg's 'Super 8' lifts off with $37M". Mercury Press.com. Associated Press. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
"33rd Annual Young Artist Awards". YoungArtistAwards.org. Archived from the original on April 4, 2012. Retrieved March 31, 2012.

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[boxoffice-1] Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer at Box Office Mojo

[2] "Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Winter". British Board of Film Classification. July 15, 2004. Retrieved August 25, 2004.

[LAbox-3] Kaufman, Amy (June 9, 2011). "Movie Projector: 'Super 8' faces off against 'X-Men'; both will destroy 'Judy Moody'". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved June 11, 2011.

[numbers-4] "Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer (2011)". The Numbers. Retrieved April 23, 2016.

[5] "Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer (2011)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 7, 2019.

[6] Ebert, Roger (June 8, 2011). "Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved June 18, 2011.

[mercury-7] Germain, Arthur (June 12, 2011). "Box office: Abrams, Spielberg's 'Super 8' lifts off with $37M". Mercury Press.com. Associated Press. Retrieved June 15, 2011.

[Young_Artist_Awards-8] "33rd Annual Young Artist Awards". YoungArtistAwards.org. Archived from the original on April 4, 2012. Retrieved March 31, 2012.